2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team

2009 Iowa State Cyclones football
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Minnesota
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	7–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Paul Rhoads (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Herman (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Wally Burnham (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Jack Trice Stadium

The 2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the North Division in the Big 12 Conference during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Paul Rhoads, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 7–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing fourth in the Big 12's North Division. Iowa State was invited to the Insight Bowl, where the Cyclones defeated Minnesota. The team played home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 p.m.	North Dakota State*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	MC22	W 34–17	48,831	[1][2]
September 12	11:00 a.m.	Iowa*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)	FSN	L 3–35	52,089	[3]
September 19	6:00 p.m.	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN360	W 34–14	15,808	[4]
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Army*	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	CYtv	W 31–10	50,532	[5]
October 3	2:00 p.m.	vs. Kansas State	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (rivalry)	FCS	L 23–24	40,851	[6]
October 10	11:30 a.m.	at No. 16 Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	Versus	L 36–41	48,203	[7]
October 17	6:00 p.m.	Baylor	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 24–10	42,253	[8]
October 24	11:30 a.m.	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	FSN	W 9–7	85,938	[9]
October 31	2:30 p.m.	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 10–35	72,530	[10]
November 7	2:30 p.m.	No. 18 Oklahoma State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ABC	L 8–34	40,540	[11]
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA		W 17–10	43,208	[12]
November 21	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)		L 24–34	55,573	[13]
December 31	5:00 p.m.	vs. Minnesota*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Insight Bowl)	NFLN	W 14–13	45,090	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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The Cyclones entered Memorial Stadium without their leading quarterback and rushing threat and subsequently played an error-free game. The solid effort was enough to put up 9 points in the first half to lead Nebraska by 2, which concluded the game's scoring. The 9 points turned out to be sufficient to win against the poor Cornhusker offensive effort, which turned over the ball a school-record eight times (including four inside of Iowa State's five-yard line). The turnovers negated Nebraska's 362–239 edge in yards gained.

The Cyclones enjoyed their first win in Memorial Stadium since 1977. First-year Head coach Paul Rhoads said about the game, "When you don't win in a stadium on the road since 1977, it's big."^[20]

2009 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 4 Austen Arnaud  Jr QB 8 Brett Bueker QB 11 Jerome Tiller RB   Brad Adams RB 33 Alexander Robinson RB 23 Jeremiah Schwartz  Fr RB 34 Johnny Williams FB 26 Taylor Mansfield WR 20 Jason Carlson WR 6 Darius Darks WR 18 Wallace Franklin WR 82 Marquis Hamilton WR   Ethan Hokel WR 19 Josh Lenz Fr WR 2 Sedrick Johnson WR 15 Houston Jones WR 80 Andrew Mitchell WR 36 Patrick Mulcahy WR 10 Lonzie Range WR 83 Jake Williams WR 17 Joel Zitek OL 77 Alex Alvarez OL 71 Trey Baysinger OL 68 Tadd Bergan OL 79 Brayden Burris OL 70 Drew Davis OL 51 Scott Haughton OL 75 Hayworth Hicks OL 67 Matt Hulbert OL 52 Mike Knapp OL 63 Ben Lamaak OL 72 Kelechi Osemele OL 50 Sean Smith OL 76 Zack Spears OL 73 Reggie Stephens Sr OL 64 Ethan Tuftee OL 74 Joe Vanstrom TE 87 Carter Bykowski TE 84 Derrick Catlett TE 35 Vince Ewald TE 88 Collin Franklin TE 86 Kurt Hammerschmidt TE 91 Patrick Neal	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 7 Kennard Banks DB 12 Allen Bell DB 22 Ter'ran Benton DB 46 Andrew Crenshaw DB 42 Tahaun Fountain DB 23 Leonard Johnson DB 15 Dustin Land DB 1 Judah Linder DB 19 A. J. Matthews DB 9 Devin McDowell DB 39 Matt Morton Fr DB 37 Michael O'Connell DB 3 Zac Sandvig DB 5 David Sims DB 11 Chris Singleton DB 2 James Smith DB 36 Kyle Walker LB 45 Kyle Benning LB 27 Brian Ekwelundu Sr LB 43 Fred Garrin LB 44 Kevin Hamlin LB 59 Preston Kaufman LB 26 Seth Moser LB 16 Josh Raven LB 31 Justin Rumple LB 24 Derec Schmidgall LB 54 Jesse Smith LB 50 Frank Weymiller DE 90 Cleyon Laing DE 55 Christopher Lyle DE 61 Cameron Murray DL 96 Austin Alburtis DL 85 Bailey Johnson DL 98 Jerrod Black So DL 62 Nate Frere DL 99 Chase Hurtig DL 53 Joe Jacobs DL 38 Roosevelt Maggitt DL 94 Jake McDonough DL 29 Rashawn Parker DL 97 Stephen Ruempolhamer DL 66 Kyle Slifka DL 95 Spenser Zegers	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 25 Zach Guyer K 16 Daniel Kuehl K 21 Grant Mahoney So K 27 Michael Romey P 13 Mike Brandtner P 14 Chad Powell DS 93 Sam Anker Jr DS 40 Zack Tucker  Fr DS 49 David Wonders Jr DS 46 Dakota Zimmerman So	Head coach Paul Rhoads Coordinators/assistant coaches Tom Herman – Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Wally Burnham – Offensive Coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Joshua Bellamy WR	St. Petersburg, Florida	Butte College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.4	Jan 11, 2009
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:
Beau Blankenship RB	Norman, Oklahoma	Norman North H.S. (OK)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	4.47	Jul 24, 2008
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    (76)
Overall recruit ranking:   Scout: 79    Rivals: 73
‡ Refers to 40-yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Iowa State 2009 Football Commitments". Rivals. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Iowa State Commits". Scout. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Player Commitments – Iowa State". ESPN. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Retrieved June 2, 2009. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved June 2, 2009.

Alexander Robinson
On September 28, Alexander Robinson was declared the Big 12 Co-Offensive player of the week after recording 178 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in Iowa State's win over Army. Robinson is the first Iowa State running back since Ennis Haywood in 2000 to record three consecutive 100- yard games.^[21]